Insect-destroying machine.



Nofvssv. PATENTBD SEPT. 8.1903,

C.. V. DYER & W. S. WILLETTE. INSECT DEST'ROYING MACHINE.

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g UNITED `STATES Patented September 8, 19Q3 PATENT OFFICE.,

CHARLES v. DYER AND wiLLiE s. WILLETTE, or coNRoE, TEXAs.

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SPECIFICATIONfOrmng part of Letters Patent No. 738,667, dated September 8,11903. V yApplication filed December 1| 1902. Serial No. 133,521- No model.) u

To cz/Zlwhomf t may concern:

.Be it known that we, CHARLES V. DYER and WILLIE S. WILLETTE, citizens of the United States, residing at Conroe, in the county of Montgomery and` State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Insect-Destroying Machines; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andvexact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had tothe accompanying drawi `vater-gangs carried by the machine, as itis `desirable to cultivate, the plants at the samev time as the insect-catching operation is performed.

Speaking generally, the machine comprises a casing divided to straddle and pass overa row of plants, provided with horizontal and vertical rotary brushes on each side and crushing-rolls below the brushes to kill the insects dislodged thereby. a

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is 'a front elevation of the machine. Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof. Fig. 3 is a central longitudinal section, and Fig. 4t is a cross-section.

Referring specifically to the drawings, 6 indicates a rectangular box like casing, the

front, rear, and bottom walls of which are divided,`as at 6a,to form a passage-way for the plants through the casing between the At the front end of the casing is an arched axle 7, provided with supporting and driving wheels 7 and driving-pulleys 7",

which are preferably. provided with a clutch` device, as indicated at 7, so that rthey may be thrown in and out of gear with the drivingfwheels.' The rear end of the casing slides on runners 8. The brushes comprise a hori zontal and a vertical brush on each side of the passage through the casing. The horizontal brushes are indicated at 9 and the vera brackets 9e and 10e, respectively. The horizontal and vertical brushes on each side are at opposite ends of the casing, respectively, so that theV vertical brush on one side is opposite the horizontal brush on the other side, as shown, and the plant is acted on by a horizontal brush and a vertical brush at the same time accordingly.

ing comprising belts 11 on the pulleys 7b and 12, which latter are on counter-shafts 13, having gears 13 in mesh with pinions 10L on the upper ends ot' the shafts of the vertical brushes,and the horizontal brushes are driven by bevel-gears 9 on the shafts thereof in mesh with bevel-gears 10b on the lower ends of the shafts of the vertical brushes. y

Between the brushes and the bottom of the pair on each side, the function of which is to crush andkill the insects which drop from the brushes. These rolls are longitudinally disposed along each side of the passage, and inclined guide-plates 15, supported in the casing, feed the insects between the rolls. The shafts of the rollers are journaled in the front and rear walls of the casing and are driven from the shafts of the horizontal brushes by sprockets 9b and 14 and short chains 14h.

At the rear of the casing cultivator-beams 16 are pivoted to brackets 17 ou the rear wall of the casing, and 'the beams are provided with any suitable or proper shovels or teeth and also with springs 18 to partly support the weight of the cultivators. `These attachments serve to till the ground at the same time as the insect-catching operation, thereby saving time and labor. i l

The combination of the vertical andhorizontal brushes working on both'sidesbf the row of plants eectively cleans the insects therefrom, because the plants are acted on by tical brushes at 10, supported to rotate inl The brushes are driven by suitable gear 7 casing are two pairs of crushing-rolls 14, one

I four brushes sweeping in various directions, the other, and insect-killing devices under 1o and thoroughly rids the plants of the pests. the brushes.

What we claim as new, and desire to secure In testimony whereof we affix our signa by Letters Patent, is tures in presence of two witnesses. 5 The combination with a. straddle-row easing CHARLES V. DYER.

having a. passage therethrough for the plants, WILLIE S. WILLETTE.

of horizontal and Vertical rotary brushes on Witnesses:

A@auch side of the easing, a horizontal brush on L. BURNES,

one side being opposite the Vertical brush on J. H. COLLINS. 

